Short of any laws banning media, this is a big nothing. Taiwanese can still just say no to buying dumbed down garbage, just as Americans can do.

Just as the internet has risen in America, options can arise in Taiwan…if no government interference, and I don’t see that. And that isn’t the only newspaper. Just the biggest tabloid, I think. Other newspapers aren’t going away.

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Sat, 16 Feb 2013 23:45:39 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=244995#comment-6730937Is that Noam Chomsky in the screencap for this post? Man, I don’t like that guy. (MIT is on the placard he is holding, so it seems a very likely assumption that that is Noam Chomsky.)
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Sat, 16 Feb 2013 23:07:21 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=244995#comment-6730895

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Sat, 16 Feb 2013 21:40:56 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=244995#comment-6730729This is disturbing. Look at what one-party control of the media has produced here in the US–Creeping government control of the economy, class warfare, impending eviseration of the defense department and the curtailment of freedom of speech at our great universities.
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Sat, 16 Feb 2013 21:38:44 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=244995#comment-6730726

LOL. Now that you’ve had some time to think of a reply after being told that is irrelevant you want to waste more of my time?

I say … give the Chinese Taiwan in return for backing down off Japan … AND allowing us to “solve” the North Korean problem. Personally, if the Chicomms don’t want us going into NORK then I’m perfectly fine with them going in and restoring some kind of sanity to the place.

Taiwan is a liability – one we can ill afford anymore.

HondaV65 on February 16, 2013 at 3:59 PM

Because that approach was so successful for Chamberlain when ceding the Sudetenland to Germany. Yes, we should emulate those actions that have been historically demonstrated to be resounding successes.

]]>By: bernverdnardo1http://hotair.com/archives/2013/02/16/the-end-of-a-free-press-in-taiwan/comment-page-1/#comment-6730703
Sat, 16 Feb 2013 21:23:34 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=244995#comment-6730703“Most of the restrictions aren’t on the Chinese side though, are they?”

Are you kidding? Chinese citizens can’t even visit Hong Kong without permission from Beijing. Yeah, in communist China you need permission to leave, and its not easy to get. Surely you know this…

“Most restrictions” lol, you know damn well almost any place in the world freely gives tourist visas if they can get the hell out of China.

I say … give the Chinese Taiwan in return for backing down off Japan … AND allowing us to “solve” the North Korean problem. Personally, if the Chicomms don’t want us going into NORK then I’m perfectly fine with them going in and restoring some kind of sanity to the place.

Taiwan is a liability – one we can ill afford anymore.

HondaV65 on February 16, 2013 at 3:59 PM

I say … give the Germans the Sudetenland in return for backing down off Czechoslovakia … AND allowing us to “solve” the threat to international peace. Personally, if the Nazi’s don’t want us going into Poland then I’m perfectly fine with them going in and restoring some kind of sanity to the place.

The Sudetenland is a liability – one we can ill afford anymore.

I think that sort of thinking doesn’t work in the long run. You are buying a temporary peace and creating expectations in the mind of the enemy that cannot be met.

When Reagan was running for office – he was a bit supporter of Taiwan – so was I.

BACK then … Chang Kai Shek was the President of Taiwan and he and his Quomintang party had PLEDGED to retake the mainland someday.

Chang is dead … and Quomintang have disavowed their previous intentions to retake the mainland.

So why is the disposition of Taiwan an issue? They aren’t a particularly valuable ally. They have problems with running their democracy even.

I say … give the Chinese Taiwan in return for backing down off Japan … AND allowing us to “solve” the North Korean problem. Personally, if the Chicomms don’t want us going into NORK then I’m perfectly fine with them going in and restoring some kind of sanity to the place.